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2014 Price Flex - Attention Winter Wheat and Corn Growers - Must Read

Sep 17, 2013

2014 Price Flex is an RMA approved private insurance product that allows the producer the opportunity to "lock" a potentially higher 2014 Insurance Revenue Price Guarantee than the spring or harvest price set by the RMA for both the RP and GRIP policies.

Price Flex is currently available for Corn, Winter Wheat, Spring Wheat, Soybeans and Cotton. Price Flex has a limit on the difference in price between the highest Price Flex additional price discovery price designated and the price determined by the RMA. The limits are $1.00/bu for corn, $1.50 for wheat, $2.00/bu for soybeans and $.20 for cotton. Producers may choose from several options for price caps that are less than these policy limits.

September Deadline:

Since 9/30/13 is the sales closing date for Winter Wheat this is the last month that you can purchase 2014 Price Flex.

For corn the deadline to sign up for the month of Septemberis Friday, Sept. 20, 2013. There will be additional opportunities to buy corn for 2014.

Winter Wheat: Winter Wheat has a government spring price average of $6.72 in IA, ID, IL, IN, OH, $7.02 in KS and $7.11 in NE.

We know what the spring price is for winter wheat. There are 7 month timeframes that have an opportunity to be higher than the government prices listed above in your respective states. The cost for ALL 7 months is about $.15 per bushel. That is just over 2 cents per month period to try and lock in a higher price for your insurance guarantee. It is almost impossible to find a better opportunity for that kind of price. Read below for an example of how this works.BUY THIS!

Corn:The September price average for corn is currently at $5.02. If you had purchase the month of Sept. then this will act as your 2014 Insurance Revenue Guarantee Price if the government spring and harvest prices in 2014 come in below $5.02. If the government price comes in higher than $5.02 (or whatever the Sept. average is) than the Sept. average will expire worthless. You will then go ahead and use the higher government price like you have done every year and you will be out the premium you paid for the Sept. average. Due to the $1.00 cap in corn if the government price happens to go below $4.02 then it will bring down the September price along with it but you are assured at that point that your Revenue Insurance Guarantee Price will still be $1.00 higher than the price set by the government.

Soybeans, Wheat and Cotton work just like the example shown above for corn using their respective prices and limits.

Contact your agent for more information or you can reach me at 707-365-0601 or email me at Jamie@gulkegroup.com.

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